Hamza al-Ghamdi

Hamza al-Ghamdi (18 November 1980-11 September 2001) was an al-Qaeda member from Saudi Arabia who was one of the 9/11 hijackers.

Biography
Hamza al-Ghamdi was born on 18 November 1980 in al-Bahah Province, Saudi Arabia. He left his home in early 2000 to fight in the Second Chechen War against the Russian Army alongside other Mujahideen fighters, and he attended al-Qaeda traning camps in Afghanistan. Along with Majed Moqed, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Wail al-Shehri, Ahmed al-Haznawi, and Ahmed al-Nami, Ghamdi purchased a traveller's check in the United Arab Emirates and travelled to the United States, where he boarded United Airlines Flight 175 in Boston. He helped in the hijacking of the plane and crashed it into the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001.